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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...social scientists: we can change the world around us, and our treatment of it, more quickly and more significantly than we realise. Beset by wars and rumours of still worse wars, by economic, political and social implosions, by natural disasters and a climate warming faster than we can moderate our impact on it, it is easy to think that changing to a greener and fairer...
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Article 5 mins
Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill
History & The Arts

Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill

...social, historical and moral context and the book’s continuing relevance to contemporary political thought. Hobbes: Jon Pike and Quentin Skinner Concentrating on the masterpiece Leviathan, Hobbes’ political and social doctrine is defined and considered, along with Hobbes’ thought on the viability of monarchy. Locke: Jon Pike and Jeremy Waldron A wide-ranging...
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Audio 5 hrs 18 mins
International Management
Money & Business

International Management

...social and economic institutions of other countries in order to maintain and run a successful business. This series looks at three different perspectives on managing across different national contexts as we hear from experienced international managers and from academics around the world about managing globally. This material forms part of the Open University course B848...
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Audio 41 mins
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...social need perspective come to make sense of mental ill-health...Over the past century there has been a radical shift in responses to people who experience mental health problems. In this free course, Making sense of mental health problems, you will learn about how key perspectives in the field have made sense of mental health problems. By directly relating key...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...social enterprises and the importance to society. It explores cases of sustainable innovations in specialist areas – arts and humanities; science, technology and engineering; health & social care. The course also evaluates three methods for measuring the societal impacts of sustainable innovations. Learners are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences of cases...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Community engagement and policing
OpenLearn Ireland

Community engagement and policing

Explore OpenLearn's collection of courses focused on community engagement and policing, produced in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications. Transcript
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Discuss: Housing for the working class
Society, Politics & Law

Discuss: Housing for the working class

...social housing, while for those working class people who have been able to ‘buy’, mortgages payments are huge and difficult to keep up. But perhaps it doesn’t have to be this way. In Liverpool in the 1980s the council built thousands of new homes for working class people. We'd like you to share your thoughts with us and with each other. Here are some questions to...
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The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...Social Sciences Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Humanities and Social Sciences students. More Introductory level courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Suggested courses for SWAP Access to STEM. More Introductory level courses in Childhood Practice, Health Studies and Nursing Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Childhood Practice, Health...
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